My Fire

There once was a fire

Burning strong inside of me

It was my inspiration

My creativity

My passion

My love

But fires don’t last forever

It was bound to burn out

I always feared that day

What would happen

When I no longer had a fire

To keep me going?

Would I burn out

Along with it

Or would I stay

In a meaningless existence?

When the day of my fire’s end

Finally arrived,

I sat in fear

Trying to hold on to myself

To everything I once was

To all I still wanted to be

But it didn’t work

It couldn’t

You can’t save a fire

If you have nothing left

To keep it going

It’s my own fault my fire burned out

I gave up hope

And thus,

I gave up life

My fire was strong

And beautiful

It held

All of my favorite colors

It was darkness

And light

Night

And day

It was everything

And nothing

It was me

I’m not sure who that is anymore

I’m lost without my fire

I hope someday

Someone

Will light my flame

Once again